The Winners of Hariban Award 2014

2014 marked the first year for the Hariban Award, an innovative prize that offers one photographer the opportunity to work with the master artisans at the Benrido Collotype Atelier in Kyoto for two weeks, all-expenses paid. The jury was comprised of Simon Baker (Curator of Photography/International Art, Tate Modern), Naoko Ohta (Curator, Gallery 916/Tokyo-Ga Project), Tsuguo Tada (Special Editorial Advisor, Iwanami Shoten) and Tsuyoshi Ito (Program Director, Project Basho/ONWARD). In its inaugural year, the competition received 131 submissions from around the world.

Grand Prize Winner

最優秀賞

The 2014 jury chose Dutch photographer Awoiska van der Molen as the grand prize winner. Awoiska spent two weeks in Kyoto in 2014 working with collotype masters, and her resulting images will be displayed this April at the Kyotographie, an international photography festival in Kyoto. In the video below, Awoiska describes her experiences at the atelier.

アヴォイスカ・ヴァン・デル・モレン

Bio

Awoiska Van der Molen is known for her monochrome landscapes, which in her words “arise out of a desire to penetrate deeply into the core of the isolated world in which she photographs.” In 2011 she was the finalist at the Hyères Photography Festival in France and in the same year she won the Alt. + 1000 prize at the Festival de la Photography de la Montagne, Rossinière, Switzerland. Her first monograph ‘Sequester’ published in 2014 was awarded the Silver Medal at the ‘Best Book from All Over the World’ competition. Awoiska van der Molen is represented by Kristof De Clercq Gallery, Ghent (BE) and Purdy Hicks Gallery, London (UK). Currently based in Amsterdam and Umbria, Italy.

Juror’s Statement

“Awoiska van der Molen was a strong choice for the Grand Prize of the Hariban Award 2014, and richly deserves the exciting opportunity to work with the skilled technicians at Benrido. Her work is among the finest contemporary black and white photography being produced in Europe at the moment, and her own print-making of an exceptionally high quality. But it is also true to say that in her exquisite images of nature especially, through her close attention to the play of light and shadow have much in common with some of the historic masterpieces produced as collotypes at Benrido.” — Simon Baker (Curator of Photography/International Art, Tate Modern)

プロフィール

アヴォイスカ・ヴァン・デル・モレンはモノクロの風景写真で知られている。彼女の写真作品は、彼女が撮影するような日常から隔てられた世界に深く分け入りたいという欲求から生み出される。2011 年フランス・イエール写真フェスティバルファイナリスト、同年スイスAlt.+1000 写真フェスティバル competition 受賞。2014年に刊行された彼女の最初の写真集『Sequester』は、「Best Book from All Over the World」コンペティションで銀メダルを受賞した。作品はKristof De Clerq Gallery（ベルギー・ゲント）、Purdy Hicks Gallery（ロンドン）で取り扱われている。現在はアムステルダムとイタリア・ウンブリアを拠点に活動中。

Special Prize Winners

審査員特別賞

The jury awarded three photographers special recognition for their excellent work. These photographers will have their work published in the Collotype catalog.

Antony Cairns: London-based photographer Antony Cairns, who spends most of his time photographing the city, has a practice deeply rooted in exploring the boundaries and fragility of chemical-based photography.

Marco van Duyvendijk: Marco van Duyvendijk has traveled through Eastern Europe and Asia making work, and in 2014 published a photo book about Riko, a butoh dancer in Kyoto.

Tenmi Hanagi: Tenmi Hanagi, a self-taught artist, has exhibited her work solo since 2003, mainly in Tokyo.

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About Hariban Award

Professionals and amateurs alike are invited to submit a series of monochromatic photographs for a chance to win the remarkable Hariban Award. The winner will receive an expenses-paid trip to the ancient city of Kyoto to collaborate with the master craftsmen of the Benrido Atelier in producing a portfolio of eight museum-quality collotype prints of his or her winning photographs. This collotype portfolio will be exhibited at Kyotographie, an international photography festival held in Kyoto each spring.